As a lifelong resident of the South who often has cause to talk to people from elsewhere, I find that my accent is a recurring topic of conversation. Someone will wonder why I don’t have one, and seem astonished. Someone else will retort, “What are you talking about? He totally has one!” and seem amused.
Author Archives: Brian Howe
Brian Howe is a journalist, critic, and editor who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He mainly writes about the performing arts, books, and general culture. He is Arts & Culture Editor at the progressive weekly INDY Week in Durham, N.C. and has written about music for Pitchfork since 2004. He has also written for Edge Magazine, Paste Magazine, Wondering Sound, The Fanzine, and others. His poetry and sound art have appeared in journals including Octopus, Coconut, Drunken Boat, and Cannibal.
Posted inFilm
The Lobster in Brief: Doctor Moreau and B.F. Skinner Captain the Love Boat through Orwell’s Dreams
Like the diabolical spawn of Franz Kafka and Michael Haneke, the Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos sets unfortunate humans loose in mazes of arbitrary, absurd authority and films them with an indifference that borders on cruelty.
Posted inMusic
Even in Love, James Blake Hovers Somewhere Just Out of Reach
I keep listening because I want to grasp it, and so the music generates the very frustrated desire it addresses.